New drivers / firmware for CDRW? and which one do i have?

hi, i have the Dragonwriter, the sticker on it says made in June 2002.  It reports during startup, and in Device Manageras teh CD-RW MS-8340 firmware version 100d.  It also says the driver is from Microsoft 4-23-99, but then goes on to say no driver is loaded or required for this device.  
Very weird.
I can't yet find any update files on the MSI site ... i found a description of the 8340 which is listed as having a writing speed of 48x ... but mine is more like the CR-40, as it only has 40x according to the label on the box and front of the burner.  So shouldn't my drive be reporting something other than 8340?
In any event, the Nero 5.5 s that came with the drive only lets me burn at up to 32x !  Have i been ripped off somehow?
so i'm all confused, can someone please set me straight as to if i need to upgrade or change my drivers/firmware/bios etc?  And is it Nero's fault or my drives fault that i can't get the option to write at 40x?
thanks!

thanks guys!  yes, now that i've put a 40x disc in the drive, it is indeed now giving me the option to burn at that speed!  
i still need to sort out a problem with the firmware updater.  This is what it spits out:
Detecting CD-ROM drives (check 2 IDE cables, 4 ports)
Checking IDE #1 ok
Checking IDE #2 ok
No CD-ROM drive are detected
that seems weird eh?  I most certainly do have my cd-rw on Secondary Master, and cd-r on Secondary Slave.  Perhaps is this the stupid message it returns with if the firmware doesn't need updating?  
btw, how to know what firmware i have?  It says 'firmware revision 100d' in Device Mangler, if that is the correct one.  Does anyone know to what version the vow-dos.exe updater is set to update to?
cheers,
charlie
Quote
Originally posted by bim2k
Hi,
IIRC the newer burners "test" the media quality to determine the fastest speed it will use for that media.  I've burnt my 24x Verbatim CDRs at 32x without problems :D
Haven't bought the 40X Verbatims yet, so can't say if it burns full speed with rated 40X media ?( but it SHOULD work
BIM2k

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